Yes, Virginia, there is a daytime Santa Claus! I’M SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS NEWS! I can hardly contain myself.

I believe Ron Carlivati’s material starts to air in July, when the show will already be in the midst of a murder mystery started under the current regime. Ken Corday said that RC basically spends about six weeks wrapping things up and getting things in order, and the show really begins to fit his image around the beginning of September.

This is great news. Days has been terrible lately. It’s nice that Chandler and Days were able to make up after the fall out they had over his leaving the show. Now if only they can get Eileen Davidson back all will be right with the soap world.

I would love that, too. Eileen is amazing, and Kristen is a character who just makes the show better by being there. But with Y&R having in Sally Sussman a writer who actually values Ashley Abbott, that may not be terribly likely.

I’m surprised NBC doesn’t make her go back to Days since she’s under contract with them for Real Housewives. I can never understand why they give so much publicity to Y&R on an NBC-owned network like Bravo. It’s kind of mind boggling.

I am ECSTATIC about this news!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you! Everybody knows how much I love Chandler Massey! (: I am doing the happy dance! and it makes sense story-wise now that Paul and Sonny are together. Maybe Days will improve? I have not been enjoying the show much lately ):

Freeman, I thought of you right away when I heard the news! And indeed this is a coup for the show. Add to that the latest news that Morgan Fairchild will play Angelica. Could make for an interesting fall.